Chapter 762 The weird aircraft carrier USS Glory
To be honest, the USS Koei aircraft carrier looks quite weird. This is mainly because the aircraft carriers were in the exploration stage when they first appeared. In order to take off and land carrier-based aircraft faster, they came up with a special way, which is the multi-stage flight deck. The most typical and most famous one here is the two aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga, which were not renovated in a certain island country. The British brave-class aircraft carriers also adopted multiple-stage flight decks.
The glorious multi-stage flight deck is different from Akagi and Kaga. Akagi and Kaga use three-stage flight decks. The three-stage flight deck is divided into three layers. The uppermost layer is for landing carrier-based aircraft, and the middle layer is a hangar behind. Because the deck is relatively short, it is used to take off and land small aircraft. The lowermost deck is relatively long. Like the middle deck, it is also a hangar behind, used to take off and land large aircraft. It can be said that this is an attempt by aircraft carriers in the early stages of development, so it can be seen from historical pictures that Akagi and Kaga were very strange in the early days.
The same is true for Gwangjue, but unlike Akagi and Kaga, Gwangjue was originally a large island-style building, which was completely different from Akagi and Kaga without superstructure. Gwangjue's deck was divided into two floors, and the lower floor was used for takeoff fighter jets. Unlike other British aircraft carriers, Gwangjue's hangar was a double-layer open hangar, which is very important and different from other British aircraft carriers. Unlike Akagi and Kaga and Lexington-class aircraft carriers, Gwangjue's carrying capacity was much smaller, and Gwangjue had only thirty-six carrier-based aircrafts. As a large fleet aircraft carrier, the capacity was four less than Miss Dignity, who could barely be called a light aircraft carrier.
In fact, when I first learned about this, Fatty Gao was quite confused. Logically speaking, the British Athletics aircraft carrier had already been in service during the process of glorious modification. This Athletics aircraft carrier cannot be avoided in the history of the aircraft carrier. The Athletics aircraft carrier is the first aircraft carrier in the world to adopt a straight-through flight deck and an island-style superstructure. The Athletics aircraft carrier is also a closed bow. This is what Fatty Gao doesn't understand the least. The facts prove that Athletics is relatively successful in addition to being small in size.
What Gao Fatty didn't understand is why Gwangju had designed such a segmented deck when the USS Athletics aircraft carrier was so successful. History proved that such a segmented deck was a failure. In history, Gwangjue's transformation in the mid-1930s, the upper flight deck was lengthened, and the double-layer flight deck was basically abandoned. Akagi and Kaga also carried out corresponding transformations to cancel the impractical three-stage flight deck.
However, there is no way to understand it. When the body of the Glorious aircraft carrier was shown, all the commanders and ship girls who observed it were a little surprised because they had seen many aircraft carriers, but like Glory, the flight deck is shorter than the hull, and it is very difficult to see clearly. This is no wonder. There are currently no two aircraft carriers in this world, Akagi and Kaga, and the US aircraft carriers have never had a segmented flight deck. Among the British aircraft carriers, only the Brave-class aircraft carrier is a segmented flight deck. It can be said that the commanders in this world have never seen an aircraft carrier with a segmented flight deck. Glory is the first one they saw.
Gao Rong looked like a lot before traveling through time. This is mainly because the battle where Guangrong was sunk was too special. Gao Fengzi learned a lot in detail, but due to technical reasons, all the pictures left by Guangrong were black and white photos. The hull I saw this time was much better than the black and white photos on the picture. But no matter how beautiful it was, Gao Fengzi was most concerned about the current situation of Guangrong. The aircraft carrier spoke with carrier-based aircraft. This was the aspect that Gao Fengzi was most concerned about. However, he was still a little relieved to see the number of anti-aircraft guns on Guangrong. There were sixteen anti-aircraft guns that looked OK.
However, Fatty Gao was still disappointed because they were all biplane aircraft. Fatty Gao didn't know what the glorious carrier-based aircraft was like. However, when you saw that they were all biplane aircraft, you could see that the Hud and the Queen were disappointed. The only ones that could stay in battle in this world were swordfish torpedo bombers. Other biplane carrier-based aircraft were basically eliminated. Fatty Gao couldn't tell that the Queen and the Hud could see that the Glorious Ship's carrier-based aircraft was not as good as the Swordfish torpedo bombers.
However, although I was very disappointed, the Queen and the Hood ship girl still encouraged Guangrong and Fatty Gao. The Queen and the Hood ship girl were disappointed. It can be seen from the Glorious Hull that Guangrong is an early aircraft carrier. According to the experience of this world, early aircraft carriers have many problems and a long growth cycle. Because the long growth cycle makes it very resource-consuming. The most important thing is that such early aircraft carriers are not very strong overall.
Of course, there are exceptions here, but there is only one exception like Mrs. Lex. There are many aircraft carriers like the Hundred-Eyed Giant. However, Glory will definitely be much stronger than the Hundred-Eyed Giant. This is mainly because Glory itself has a good foundation, so Glory's future can still be expected. However, due to Fatty Gao's current resource status, it will take a long time for the Queen and Hood's ship girl to think about it.
After the Queen and the Hud ship girl left, Fatty Gao asked the Glory Shipeng what his carrier-based aircraft was matched. The Glory Shipeng's answer was very clear. She currently has 36 carrier-based aircraft, including sixteen flybird fighter bombers, ten Ripen torpedo bombers and ten carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft. Compared with the flybird and Ripen, the models of carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft were too complicated. Gao Fatty Gao didn't remember it, but fortunately it didn't matter these reconnaissance aircraft. These reconnaissance aircraft did not participate in the attack. It can be seen from the composition of the flybird and Ripen that Glory's current combat power is not good, and she can't even compare to the initial state of dignity. However, this is only temporary. The situation will change soon, but it takes time.
Chapter completed!